We are looking for a motivated Senior Manager to join our Global Content Accounting team based in NYC. The selected candidate will be responsible for leading and coordinating our response to audits initiated by our rights holders as well as supporting key internal audit processes. Success will require working across Content and Technical Accounting, Legal and Licensing, and Engineering as well as a high level of communication with outside partners. The candidate will be working in one of the most complex and exciting areas of our business and have the opportunity to help shape the Accounting organization’s approach to third party audits. 

Apply for this role if you are a detail oriented teammate who is able to work in a fast-paced environment, embraces rapid change, and enjoys working cross functionally. The role will report into the Director of Content Accounting and is based in our New York, NY offices.

What You'll Do

• Lead our response to rights-holder and internal audits across the content organization
• Identify, develop, and execute a consistent and cross functional audit approach for both label and publishing audit requests
• Analyze and investigate high volumes of data and information
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner
• Develop a high understanding of the business, including strategy, product lifecycle, associated business processes, technology, and related regulatory requirements
• Develop and/or refine content accounting processes and procedures
• Work cross functionally with Technical accounting, Finance, Legal, Content, Licensing, IA, FP&A, Billing, AR, IT, Tax and various business owners on policies, processes and programs, and help drive key system and process initiatives and improvements
• Stay abreast of changes to regulations as well as audit best practices
• Occasional travel may be required (post-pandemic)

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with CPA or CA, preferred
• Minimum of 8+ years professional experience, preferred
• Big 4 experience, preferred
• Previous experience of IFRS and/or SOX is a requirement
• Experience in the entertainment and media space, preferred
• Experience with major ERP system preferred (Oracle, SAP or NetSuite)
• Excellent time and self-management skills, ability to prioritize and multitask to meet deadlines
• Strong MS Excel and/or Google Sheets skills
• Comfortable with extremely large data
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and constantly changing environments

Where You'll Be

• We’ve introduced Work From Anywhere to give you more options!
• Our offices are currently closed due to COVID-19. Post COVID, we will ask you to pop into the office a few days a week, we are giving you the flexibility to work from home on some days should you choose to do so.
• Working hours? We operate within the local (EST) timezone for collaboration 

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 381 million users.

Spotify is committed to safety and well-being of our employees, vendors and clients. We are following regional guidelines mandating vaccination and testing requirements, including those requiring vaccinations and testing for in-person roles and event attendance. For the US, we have mandated that all employees and contractors be fully vaccinated in order to work in our offices and externally with any third-parties. For all other locations, we strongly encourage our employees to get vaccinated and also follow local COVID and safety protocols.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Colorado.